The Great Cleric: Volume 9 by Broccoli Lion

Author:Broccoli Lion [LION, BROCCOLI]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

Title Obtained: Protection of the Spirit of Gales

“Hello?” I blurted out incredulously.

Olford gave a low chuckle as he always did. “Oh, I do love a glass of mead. Would it be rude of me to ask for seconds?”

Relishing in my reaction, Olford—or rather, the Spirit of Gales possessing his body—held the cup out for more.

“Right...sure. So, to confirm I’ve got this straight, Olford is your host?”

“Yes and no. It’s more of a landlord-tenant relationship.”

I was speechless for a while. Estia and the Spirit of Dusk had a contract together, a symbiotic relationship, and when the spirit took possession of her body, I could feel the difference in their presences. Olford and the Spirit of Gales, however, had flown completely under the radar. I had to focus extremely hard to notice a difference. So what did the spirit mean by implying they were just using the guildmaster’s body on loan?

“So, uh...” I poured the spirit a second cup as I got my jumbled thoughts together. “What brings you here?”

“Oh, what brings me here indeed!” the spirit snapped suddenly. “I very specifically had Olford slip in a hint as to how to become a sage, and yet wait as I might, no one comes to the fountain! You know where it is! I know you know! It would have been that easy to get my blessing!”

Huh. So spirits could write. But enough messing around. I had to be upfront.

“Thank you for that,” I said. “It was a great source of motivation for my training.”

“Okay?”

“But I felt that by accepting the sage class right then, I wouldn’t have learned anything. If I ever lost my holy magic again, or something similar happened, I felt that I would just give up.”

I was done relying on crutches. I needed to cultivate the strength to stand against despair on my own.

“And is that ongoing?”

“No, I was actually thinking about getting my magic back pretty soon. It’s nice here in Neldahl, but there are a lot of people waiting for my return.”

“Could you not have gone on this introspective journey after obtaining the means to become a sage?”

“I wasn’t sure if finally becoming a sage would really let me use holy magic again, so I had to study and prepare myself for the worst-case scenario.”

“I see. But you’ve still a long way to go on the path to sagehood. With my blessing, you now possess all six. Next, you will need to achieve level ten in every corresponding affinity.”

The spirit looked deep into my eyes. I started to sweat nervously.

“Um, what about the white fruit?” I asked.

“Ah, right, the fruit of the Tree of Fraternity. As I recall, it grew near the World Tree back when the tree still lived. Did you intend to seek it out? It would save you a good deal of time, true, but the Ancient Forest where it once was is teeming with dragons. I’m not confident you’ll live long enough to find any trace of it.”

I didn’t like the sound of a place like that.

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